The Offline-Fuel Inventory Pre-Processor is used for creating Fuel Over/Short alerts that will in turn be processed by the Data Alert Processor. You cannot manually run this pre-processor. Fuel inventory pre-processing is defined as an "event" in the management reports Portal. The Event File Maintenance program lets you assign a schedule to this event, i.e., specify when to run the Offline-Fuel Inventory Pre-Processor. The Scheduler, will then run the pre-processor at the designated time to generate any Fuel Over/Short alerts..
When scheduling the Fuel Over/Short data alert, be sure to schedule the alert to occur after the event. For example, you schedule the Fuel Inventory Report to Generate at 8:00 a.m. every morning. You should schedule your Fuel Over/Short alert to occur after 8:00. If you schedule the alert prior to report generation, then you will experience a delay in receiving the alert. For example, if you schedule the alert to occur at 8:00 a.m. but the report is not generated until 10:00 am, then you will not receive the alert until 8:00 on the following morning.